After a frustrating weekend of trying to make and then making things that I just didn't like and thatjust didn't feel right...I threw my tools down, went for a sunbathe with my best friend, had a back massage, and a delicious milkshake....and then I realised....I'm not having any successes right now because I'm not following through with what my jewellery intends to do.....I intend my jewellery to encourage people to take the time out of their daily lives to appreciate life in its simplest forms, and to appreciate the world around them. to peel themselves away from their screens and extract themselves from their busy day-to-day lives to take a second look at something, to stop and appreciate the day, the sunset, the view, the flowers, the sun on their face...but I wasn't even doing that MYSELF.
So how was I to be encouraged to work if I wasn't even engaging in the things I find most inspiring?
I've thought before that perhaps my making and my ideas are a way to remedy every-day life and it's pitfalls for myself.....and it's now clear to me that this is entirely true.
I need to keep making pretty little things that encourage people to stop, look, admire.
That draw people in to have a closer look.
Because thats what I enjoy making the most.
And if I'm enoying it, and I like the outcome, then that's the first hurdle crossed, and there are bound to be others out there who also appreciate it too :)
6 weeks til exhibition. I have a LOT to get done!!!!!!!!
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